Today the focus of my attention is a dancing Cupid who managed to find his way from Italy’s Foggia to
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A visit to Nuremberg’s Kongresshalle
A visit to Nuremberg’s Kongresshalle (Congress Hall) and the Documentation Center which is located on site requires a minimum of 2
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The migrant crisis has reached an acute state in Greece and Europe for more than one year now. Millions of people
Continue readingReturn to the sea: Saltworks by Motoi Yamamoto
Motoi Yamamoto was born in Onomichi, Hiroshima in 1966 and received his B.A. from Kanazawa College of Art in 1995.
Continue readingFrankenstein Junior, a movie by Mel Brooks
This is a great comedy, made by Mel Brooks in 1974, quite possibly his best movie. The hero, Dr. Frederick
Continue readingPutti Sculptures from three periods: Hellenistic, (late) Renaissance, and Neoclassicism
Introduction The Italian word “putto” is derived from the Latin word “putus”, meaning “boy” or “child”. In this post I
Continue reading“Dirty Corner” brings chaos to the order of Versailles, but is it the queen’s vagina?
The gardens of Versailles are notorious for their order and meticulous landscape architecture. This order is the preeminent feature of
Continue readingKallipygos: The nude female behind in Classical Greek and Hellenistic sculpture
“ήν καλλιπύγων ζεύγος εν Συρακούσαις” Ήταν στις Συρακούσες ένα ζευγάρι κοπελιές μ’ ωραία πισινά” “There was in Syracuse a pair
Continue readingThe Barberini Faun: unashamedly sensual, sexual, provocative, tantalizing and inviting
I shall begin by trying to answer the question “Who is the Barberini Faun”? And I will do so by
Continue readingBill Woodrow’s “English Heritage – Humpty Fucking Dumpty”
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s
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